Coleoptera from the region of Gibraltar. 79 
STEROPUS, Dej. 
S. globosus, F. Tetuan, Tangier, Djebel Mousa (Ape’s 
Hill). Gibraltar: on paths, under stones, &c., Rock, 
Campamento, &c., common. Malaga. 
PErRcus, Bon. 
P. politus, Dej. (stultus, Rosenh.). Gibraltar: under 
stones, Campamento, &c., not rare. Not known from 
N. Africa. 
ABACETUS, De}. 
. salemanni, Germ. Tangier. Gibraltar: not rare, in 
the bed of a stream; also in flood rubbish, near 
Campamento. 
LZMOSTENUS, Bon. (PRISTONYCHUS, Dej.). 
L. mauritanicus, De}. Tetuan, Tangier. Gibraltar: on 
NN 
the Rock and also near San Roque. 
. punctatostriatus, Fairm. Tangier. 
complanatus, De}. Tangier, Tetuan. Gibraltar: in the 
town, occasional. 
CALATHUS, Bon. 
C. circumseptus, Germ. Tetuan. Gibraltar: locally com- 
mon, under stones. 
C. fuscipes, Goeze, var. punctipennis, Germ. Djebel Mousa 
C. 
Te. 
P, 
(Ape’s Hill): two specimens. A Mediterranean 
insect. The var. /atws, Serv., occurs in Marocco. 
mollis, Marsh. Tetuan. Gibraltar: dry sandy places, 
abundant. 
CARDIOMERA, Bassi. 
. genet, Bassi. Benzus Bay, Marocco: one specimen. 
Occurs in Sicily. 
PLATYNUS, Bon. 
JSulgidicollis, Er. Tetuan: in plenty in the Esmir 
marsh. Replaces P. viridicupreus on the African 
side of the Straits. 
viridicupreus, Goeze. Gibraltar: in abundance on 
Neutral ground, under stones, after heavy rain, 
December and January. Not recorded from N. 
Africa, where it is replaced by P. fulgidicollis. 
